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Durabook Laptop Marketing Claims 'Destroyed'

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hard-knocks dept.

jkwdoc writes "The crew at [H] Consumer got a hold of a Durabook sample from Twinhead and got the green light to hold Twinhead to their word about what kind of abuse the unit can withstand. Twinhead originally claimed that their unit could survive 26 drops from 29 inches. A cracked LCD and busted hard drive later, they changed their tune. Complete with video!"

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  1. Marketing nonsense by udderly · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Twinhead originally claimed that their unit could survive 26 drops from 29 inches. A cracked LCD and busted hard drive later, they changed their tune.

    Seriously, did anyone really think that *any* notebook could take that?

    1. Re:Marketing nonsense by Herkum01 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yeah, but you know, if you don't expose their lies for what they are they will keep telling the same lie over and over.

    2. Re:Marketing nonsense by Erwos · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Doesn't matter. _They_ claimed it could, thus THEY need to make it happen. Or change the claim, which is what happened.

      There are indeed some systems that could probably take that sort of punishment, though.

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  2. Still not so bad... by Danimoth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While it certaintly looks like it didn't live up to the full expectations, the damage taken was gradual. For the most part it was "optical drive came out, system still works." I wouldn't want to see what happens to my macbook pro in the same circumstance.

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  3. Re:Accckkkkk too many pageviews by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These hardware review sites are awful, forcing you to tab through ten freaking pages just to get to the bottom line. Do they still get paid by the ad view rather than the click?

    I'll let you in on a little secret: when you read a review like this, jump to the last page: you'll find the conclusion there, which is usually about the only thing interesting in the article. And in the case of this article, videos as well, which is even better.

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  4. Mean time to failure by Pretzalzz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Surely a reasonable person would expect the 26 drop number to be a mean time to failure sort of number. Otherwise you are left to think: "Oh, 26 drops is no problem, but that 27th is the real doosy".